Dhaka-12

Dhaka-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Asaduzzaman Khan of the Awami League.

Dhaka-12
Constituency
for the Jatiya Sangsad
DistrictDhaka District
DivisionDhaka Division
Electorate339,840 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1973
PartyAwami League
Member(s)Asaduzzaman Khan

Boundaries

The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 24 through 27, 35, and 36.[2]

History

The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973.

Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census.[3] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and altered the boundaries of the constituency.[4]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Awami League[5]
1979 Jahangir Mohammad Adel Bangladesh Nationalist Party[6]
Major Boundary Changes
1986 Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish Awami League[7]
1988 Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu [8]
1991 Md. Niamatullah Bangladesh Nationalist Party
February 1996 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
June 1996 Dewan Md. Salauddin Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2001 Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Major Boundary Changes
2008 Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh Awami League
Major Boundary Changes
2014 Asaduzzaman Khan Awami League
2018 Awami League

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Asaduzzaman Khan was elected unopposed in the 2014 General Election after opposition parties withdrew their candidacies in a boycott of the election.[9]

Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2008: Dhaka-12[10][11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Awami League Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh 118,136 62.0 +22.0
BNP Khandaker Mahbub Ahmad 69,262 36.3 -20.8
IAB Md. Abdul Awal 2,552 1.3 N/A
Gano Forum Nurun Nahar Habib 193 0.1 N/A
United Citizen Movement Md. Shahidul Islam Khan 158 0.1 N/A
Independent Md. Afzal Hossain Bachchu 127 0.1 N/A
BRWP Md. Baharana Sultan Bahar 117 0.1 N/A
JSD (R) Abul Kalam Azad 112 0.1 N/A
Majority 48,874 25.6 +8.6
Turnout 190,657 73.1 +3.4
Awami League gain from BNP
General Election 2001: Dhaka-12[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Dewan Md. Salauddin 139,788 57.1 +12.4
Awami League Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad 98,062 40.0 +10.3
IJOF Md. Neyamat Ullah 5,708 2.3 N/A
BKA Hafez Maulana Ali Abbas 767 0.3 -0.6
CPB Lina Chakrabarti 359 0.1 N/A
Jatiya Party (M) Md. Khandokar Shahin Aldin Rejvi 177 0.1 N/A
Majority 41,726 17.0 +2.0
Turnout 244,861 69.7 -5.2
BNP hold

Elections in the 1990s
General Election June 1996: Dhaka-12[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Dewan Md. Salauddin 71,243 44.7 -7.3
Awami League Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu 47,343 29.7 -1.0
JP(E) Md. Firoj Kabir 33,361 21.0 +18.4
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Hasan Mahabub 4,450 2.8 -0.8
BKA Mohammad Samsuddin 1,357 0.9 N/A
Zaker Party Md. Nazim Uddin 595 0.4 -0.6
NAP Md. Mafijul Islam 421 0.3 N/A
Gano Forum Siraj Uddin Ahmed 366 0.2 N/A
Jatiya Janata Party (Asad) Gazi Nazrul Islam 67 0.0 N/A
Majority 23,900 15.0 -6.4
Turnout 159,203 74.9 +15.6
BNP hold
General Election 1991: Dhaka-12[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Md. Niamatullah 63,279 52
Awami League Shamsuddoha Khan Majlish 37,298 30.7
Independent Ashraf Uddin Khan Imu 8,279 6.8
Jamaat-e-Islami Md. Shahidul Islam 4,402 3.6
JP(E) Mezbah 3,119 2.6
CPB Mujahidul Islam Selim 2,282 1.9
Zaker Party Abul Hasan 1,211 1.0
BKA Md. Shamsuddin 861 0.7
NAP (Muzaffar) Mafizul Islam 673 0.6
JSD (R) Abul Hossain 282 0.2
Majority 25,981 21.4
Turnout 121,686 59.3
BNP gain from [[|N/A]]

References
  1. "Dhaka-12". The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Delimitation of Constituencies" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  3. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
  4. Liton, Shakhawat (11 July 2008). "Final list of redrawn JS seats published". The Daily Star.
  5. "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. Ahmed, Taib (15 December 2013). "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  10. "Constituency Maps of Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  11. "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Nomination submission List". Bangladesh Election Commission (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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